κόχλος

kochlos

shell-fish with a spiral shell

Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 7
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Book IV 7
Chapter 4 527b35–530a31

528a1
528a10
529a2
529a17
529a24
529b3
530a27
Parts of Animals 3
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Book IV 3
Chapter 5 678a27–682a34

678b24
679b4
679b14
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 164 846b10–17

846b13

Dictionary (LSJ)

κόχλος, ὁ, A. shell-fish with a spiral shell, used for dyeing purple, Lat. murex, Arist. HA 528a1, AP 5.227 (Paul. Sil.); used as a trumpet, E. IT 303, Theoc. 22.75, Mosch. 2.124: also fem., Naumach. ap. Stob. 4.31.76, Paus. 3.21.6; Κασπίῃ ἐν κ., of a large sea-shell, A.R. 3.859. 2. land snail, Arist. Mir. 846b13. 3. kohl, Eust. 728.47.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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